A Romance With High Contrast

April 16, 2015 10:17 PM

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Even without color, checkerboard floors still pop; one writer recalls his lifelong love affair with the distinguished harlequin design

WHEN MY WIFE AND I were deciding where to have our wedding ceremony, the solution was as simple as black and white: We would have it on the wraparound balcony of Room 64, at Chateau Marmont, the proudly louche Sunset Boulevard hotel.